penury

• Nom désignant une extrême pauvreté ou un dénuement, l'état d'une personne très pauvre manquant des nécessités de base.

A noun referring to extreme poverty or destitution, a state of being very poor and lacking basic necessities.

indénombrable

1. Extreme povertyC2formal

   The state of being extremely poor; destitution.

   Dénuement extrême

   • The family lived in penury after losing their home.
   • His penury forced him to beg on the streets.
   • The novel describes the penury of the working class in the 19th century.

   Synonymesbeggarydestitutionimpoverishmentindigenceneedinesspauperismpovertyprivationwant

   Antonymesaffluenceopulencewealth